Charlyn Corral

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Corral and the second or maternal family name is Ang.

Verónica Charlyn Corral Ang (born 11 September 1991) is a Mexican footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX Femenil club CF Pachuca and the Mexico women's national team. She has previously played for Atlético Madrid in Spain, for Merilappi United in Finland and for the University of Louisville's college soccer team in the United States. She has also been a member of Mexico's U-20 team.

Charlyn Corral

Playing for Mexico in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Verónica Charlyn Corral Ang[1]
Date of birth	(1991-09-11) 11 September 1991 (age 33)[1]
Place of birth	Acolman, State of Mexico, Mexico[2]
Height	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Pachuca
Number	9
Youth career
0000–2011	Borregos Salvajes
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2013	Louisville Cardinals	35	(21)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014	Merilappi United	8	(5)
2015–2019	Levante	117	(86)
2019–2021	Atlético Madrid	20	(8)
2021–	Pachuca	104	(75)
International career‡
2006–2010	Mexico U-20	13	(3)
2008–	Mexico	71	(35)
Medal record Women's football Representing  Mexico Pan American Games 2023 Santiago Team Central American and Caribbean Games 2023 San Salvador
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 February 2024

Club career

After scoring 23 goals for Levante in her debut 2015–16 season, Corral signed a one-year extension to her contract with the Spanish club.^[3] She had been named in the Primera División's Team of the Season.^[4] She left the side in 2019.^[5]

International career

Corral made her debut for the Mexico U-21 team in 2006 at the age of 14. She was a member of the Mexico squad at the 2006, 2008 and 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. In 2006, Corral was the top scorer at the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. Corral earned her first cap for the Mexico women's national football team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in a group stage match against New Zealand.^[6]

Corral was selected to represent Mexico at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, where the Mexican squad went undefeated to won the gold medal for the first time in their history at the Pan American Games, defeating Chile 1–0.^[7][8]

Personal life

Charlyn's brother George Corral is also an international footballer, who currently plays for Club Puebla.^[9]

Controversies

On 19 June 2015, Corral was reported to have called for the replacement of Leonardo Cuéllar, long-time coach of the Mexico women's national team. Corral was not on the roster for the 2015 Pan American Games and the qualifying matches for the 2015 Women's World Cup.^[10] Cuellar stepped down as coach in 2016 and in 2017 Corral was again selected for the roster of the national team.^[11]

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	14 July 2007	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Paraguay	3–0	5–0	2007 Pan American Games
2.				5–0
3.	7 March 2011	Sotira, Cyprus	Northern Ireland	2–0	3–1	2011 Cyprus Women's Cup
4.	21 October 2014	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States	Jamaica	2–1	3–1	2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship
5.				3–1
6.	26 October 2014	PPL Park, Chester, United States	Trinidad and Tobago	3–2	4–2 (a.e.t.)
7.				4–2
8.	17 November 2014	Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez, Veracruz, Mexico	Colombia	1–1	1–1	2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
9.	19 November 2014		Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	6–0
10.				3–0
11.				5–0
12.				6–0
13.	27 November 2014		Colombia	1–0	2–0
14.	13 January 2015	Shenzhen Stadium, Foshan, China	Canada	1–1	1–2	2015 Four Nations Tournament
15.	15 January 2015		South Korea	1–1	1–2
16.	4 March 2015	Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus	South Africa	1–0	2–0	2015 Cyprus Women's Cup
17.	11 March 2015	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Italy	1–0	3–2
18.	28 February 2018	Alanya, Turkey	Latvia	1–0	5–0	2018 Turkish Women's Cup
19.				3–0
20.	2 March 2018		Jordan	3–1	5–1
21.	20 July 2018	Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla, Colombia	Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	5–1	2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
22.	24 July 2018		Nicaragua	3–0	4–0
23.	30 July 2018		Costa Rica	1–1	3–1
24.	7 October 2018	WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, United States	Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	4–1	2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship
25.				3–1
26.	1 March 2019	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Thailand	1–0	2–1	2019 Cyprus Women's Cup
27.				2–1
28.	4 March 2019	AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus	Hungary	1–1	3–3
29.	28 July 2019	Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima, Peru	Jamaica	2–0	2–0	2019 Pan American Games
30.	3 August 2019		Colombia	2–2	2–2
31.	3 July 2023	Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla, El Salvador	Jamaica	2–0	7–3	2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
32.	5 July 2023		Guatemala	6–0	6–0
33.	22 September 2023	Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca, Mexico	Trinidad and Tobago	5–0	6–0	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification
34.	22 October 2023	Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso, Chile	Jamaica	7–0	7–0	2023 Pan American Games

References

1. "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015: List of players: Mexico" (PDF). FIFA. 18 June 2015. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2020.
2. "Las Delanteras de la Selección Femenil de México que Participarán en Canadá 2015". Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
3. "Charlyn Corral renueva con Levante" (in Spanish). La Jornada. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
4. "Así queda el once ideal de la Primera División Femenina" (in Spanish). La Liga. 27 June 2016.
5. "Mercado de fichajes de la Liga Iberdrola: altas, bajas y hoja de ruta para la temporada 2019-20" (in Spanish). Marca.com. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
6. Charlyn Corral Bio Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
7. "Mexico takes soccer gold with 1-0 win over Chile". Reuters. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
8. "Santiago 2023: Mexico beats shorthanded Chile for women's football gold". olympics.com. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
9. "Know Your Cardinals: Charlyn Corral" The Louisville Cardinal, 4 November 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
10. "Charlyn Corral Lamento que no Haya Libertad de Expresion", Telemundo Deportes, June 19, 2005, http://www.telemundoamarillo.com/story/29365969/charlyn-corral-lamento-que-no-haya-libertad-de-expresion, accessed 30 Nov 2017
11. "Alineacion seleccion nacional de Mexico"; https://twitter.com/miseleccionmx/status/935252443117576197/photo/1, accessed 30 Nov 2017

External links

• Charlyn Corral at Soccerway.com
• Charlyn Corral at WorldFootball.net
• Charlyn Corral at kicker (in German)
• Charlyn Corral at FBref.com
• Charlyn Corral at Liga MX Femenil (archive) (in Spanish)
• Charlyn Corral – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Profile (in Spanish) at Mexican Football Federation at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-06-22)